Who's presenting?

During the exciting announcement on This Morning, Phillip and Holly Willoughby confirmed that they would be returning to the show.

The hosting duties for the ice rink based show is special for the presenting duo after Holly revealed that it was where her friendship and subsequent career on This Morning alongside Phillip began.

Dancing On Ice return confirmed: When is it on? Who are the hosts? All you need to know: Phillip and Holly will present the show when it returns in 2018 [ITV]

Recalling how they met, the TV presenter said: "It’s where all of this started. Phil and I met rink side on Dancing On Ice. It’s lovely for two of us to be going back and doing it together because it feels like such a long time ago."

Meanwhile, Diversity star Jordan Banjo has joined the show as the Digital Backstage Host.

Dancing On Ice: Jordan Banjo has joined as the Digital Backstage Host [ITV]

The official Dancing On Ice Instagram page excitedly announced: "Our #DancingOnIce family is complete! Please welcome @jordbanjo, who will be bringing you all this year’s exclusive interviews and behind the scenes gossip as our digital Backstage Host.

Dancing On Ice 2018: line-up

Dancing On Ice 2018: line-up

Hollyoaks star Stephanie Waring has been confirmed as the twelfth and final celebrity for the star-studded line-up
[ITV]

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Who are the judges?

During it's initial run on ITV between 2006 and 2014, the judges included Jason Gardiner, Robin Cousins, Louie Spence and Karen Barber. However, the judging panel on the revamped version of the show will now include Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean as head judges.

Explaining how they feel about their new roles, Jayne commented: "Chris and I are going to be head judges. We’re excited but nervous at the same time. We’ve never been judges. we’ve been creating."

Dancing On Ice return confirmed: When is it on? Who are the hosts? All you need to know: Torvill and Dean will be head judges on the revamped version [ITV]

Revealing what sort of judges they're going to be, Christopher added: "We’re good honest judges. We want to critique rather than criticise."

Jason Gardiner is also confirmed to be returning to the show as a judge, while Diversity star Ashley Banjo is tipped to join the panel.

Dancing On Ice return confirmed: When is it on? Who are the hosts? All you need to know: Coronation Street's Antony Cotton has been tipped to appear on the show [Getty]

What's different about the format to the revamped ITV show?

The new series will be set in a new studio where the layout will be slightly different.

"We’re going have a brand new home and set, it’s all very exciting," Christopher revealed before Jayne added: "It’s purpose built. There’s going to be a training rink and studio rink side by side with a tunnel connecting them. It’s going to be the tunnel of glory or the tunnel of doom."

With Jayne and Christopher taking their seat on the judging panel, they will no longer be able to train the celebrities like they did before. Instead, the professionals and celebrities will choreograph their own performances.

"The professionals and celebrities are going to do their own choreography. They’re gong to come up with their own concepts and ideas."

Dancing On Ice return confirmed: When is it on? Who are the hosts? All you need to know: The new series will feature a few changes [Phillip Schofield/Instagram]

There will also be a new batch of professional dancers as Christopher explained: "We’re going to have a batch of new pros and old pros that were part of the character of dancing on ice."